EUGENE AUER MEMORIAL SCHOOL

Located at 17 WING ST, in LAKE GROVE, New York, EUGENE AUER MEMORIAL SCHOOL is a tight-knit K-5 school that serves 308 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within MIDDLE COUNTRY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 30% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

MIDDLE COUNTRY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 9,410 students. EUGENE AUER MEMORIAL SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, EUGENE AUER MEMORIAL SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 5% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, EUGENE AUER MEMORIAL SCHOOL shows 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, EUGENE AUER MEMORIAL SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 59.5%; actual is 28.3%, a gap of -31.2 points.

In the area at large, census data for Suffolk County shows median household earnings sit near $130,686, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Suffolk County's 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), EUGENE AUER MEMORIAL SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

OXHEAD ROAD SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EUGENE AUER MEMORIAL SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 58.1%.

EUGENE AUER MEMORIAL SCHOOL operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. EUGENE AUER MEMORIAL SCHOOL's enrollment has increased 8% since 2018, when it stood at 286 (now 308). The White share of enrollment edged down from 69% to 58% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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